Cleveland National Air Races; National Air Races; Air pilots; Air shows; Aircraft; Chatterton, Ruth, 1893-1961

"Aboard the S.S. Moses Cleaveland, showboat of the Great Lakes Exposition, Cleveland, Miss Ruth Chatterton, noted screen star and aviatrix, was greeted by Mrs. F.F. Dugan, Akron, President of the Women's Chapter of the National Aeronautical...

"Aboard the S.S. Moses Cleveland, Showboat of the Great Lakes Exposition, Cleveland, Miss Ruth Chatterton, noted screen star and aviatrix, was greeted by Mrs. F. F. Dugan, Akron, President of the Women's chapter of the National Aeronautical...

Cleveland National Air Races; Aircraft; Air shows; Air pilots; Actresses

"Gladys O'Donnell, famed aviatrix, presents Ann Harding with a ticket to the National Air Races to be held August 27 to September 5 at Cleveland, Ohio. Miss Harding, in her costume worn in RKO- Radio Pictures 'The Conquerors' in which she plays...

Mrs. Louise Thaden, Aviatrix, with the Harmon Trophy, which she was awarded as the 'outstanding woman flyer of the United States,' in recognition of her victory in 1936 in the Bendix Trophy Race. The presentation was made at a luncheon of the...

"The above photo shows Blanche W. Noyes, Cleveland aviatrix, who is ready with her Travelair biplane for the first women's transcontinental air derby from Santa Monica, Calif., to Cleveland, O., part of the 1929 National Air Races" -- photo verso.

"Louise Thaden (right), and her co-pilot, Blanche Noyes, pose happily, shortly after their arrival in Los Angeles at the conclusion of their flight in the Bendix Transcontinental Air Race. They captured the major share of the prizes, $7,000 worth,...

"Blanche Noyes of Cleveland, Ohio, starting the motor of her Travelair plane 'Miss Cleveland' at the start of the first all-women's transcontinental air derby from Clover Field, Santa Monica, Calif., to Cleveland" -- photo verso.

"Blanche Wilcox Noyes, photographed Sunday as she took off from Wichita, Kansas, for Santa Monica, California, the starting point of the Women's Air Derby, which event is under the auspices of the National Exchange Club. The Miss Cleveland is being...

"Jacqueline Cochran, owner of the plane in which Bill Odum was killed 9/5, stands dazed after hearing news that the famed pilot had crashed and met his death while flying in the Thompson Trophy Race" -- photo verso.

"Jacqueline Cochran, flying cosmetiste, at the wing tip of the new speed plane in which she will attempt to repeat her last year's victory over the crack men pilots of the country in the annual Bendix transcontinental dash..." -- photo verso.